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Project
Acronym: HEARTWAYS 
Name: Advanced Solutions for Supporting Cardiac Patiens in rehabilitation 
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Project status: From: 2012-10-01 To: 2014-09-30 (Completed)
Contract number: 315659 
Action line: FP7 
Type (Programme): FP7 
Funding scheme:  
Project cost: 1.495.000,00 EUR
Project funding: 999.000,00 EUR
Project coordinator
Organisation Name: SOLUTIONES TECNOLOGICAS PARA LA SALUD Y EL BIENESTRA SA 
Organisation adress: RONDA AUGUSTE Y LOUIS LUMIERE 23 NAVE 13, PATERNA 46980 
Organisation country: Spain 
Contact person name: Juan Pablo LÁZARO RAMOS (Mr) 
Contact person email: Email 
Croatian partner
Organisation name: Fakultet elektrotehnike i računarstva 
Organisation address: UNSKA 3 
Contact person name: prof.dr.sc. Ratko Magjarević
Contact person tel:
+385 1 6129 938  Contact person fax: +385 1 6129 652 
Contact person e-mail: Email 
Partners
Organisation nameCountry
FORUS SRL Italy 
S.D.INFORMATIKA d.o.o. Croatia 
WEARABLE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES SL Spain 
UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA Spain 
TRACS SRL Italy 
UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA Portugal 
Short description of project
 Coronary artery disease (CAD) is caused by an accumulation of plaques within the walls of the arteries that supply the myocardium with oxygen and nutrients. After decades of progression, some of these plaques may rupture and along with the activation of the blood clotting system limit blood flow to the myocardium, resulting in an acute coronary syndrome (ACS). This may be either a heart attack (myocardial infarction) meaning that muscle cell necrosis in the affected regions of the myocardium has occurred) or unstable angina (meaning that the patient has persistent or recurrent chest pain at rest but without evidence of myocardial necrosis). Risk factors comprise age, sex, family history but also lifestyle-related aspects such as smoking habits, physical inactivity, overweight/obesity etc. Despite the advantages, utilization of cardiac rehabilitation phase III remains low.  Recent research is supportive of the beneficial effects of cardiac rehabilitation in patients with heart failure as well as in older patients. Unfortunately, cardiac rehabilitation continues to be considerably underutilized with poor referral and enrolment rates. Implementing quality performance measures, automated referral systems, and the option of home-based cardiac rehabilitation for some patients may all help to increase participation. In addition, innovative exercise training regimens may help to enhance the beneficial effects of cardiac rehabilitation. HEARTWAYS has the objective to develop an advanced modular solution for supporting cardiac patients in rehabilitation outside a medicalized centre with the aid of wearable sensors and intelligent algorithms that personalize the management and the follow-up for patients and professionals.  
Short description of the task performed by Croatian partner
 


   

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